Integrating the 2030 Agenda intoPlanning and Budgeting ProcessesOverview of Key Steps

Michaela Prokop, Programme AdvisorBangkok Regional Hub, UNDP

Some lessons from the MDGs Limited linkages between planning

budgeting Silo approach – sectoral focus Focus on the aggregate 2030 Agenda brings a new

emphasis on governance –governance as an enabler,governance of the 2030 Agenda andas a separate SDG

MAINSTREAMINGlanding SDGs into

national, sub-national andlocal plans and shapingbudget allocations and

UNDAFs

POLICYSUPPORT

skills andexpertise of UN/UNDP

system

ACCELERATIONtargeting national andUN/UNDP resources at

priority areas in responseto bottlenecks,

partnerships, etc.

MULTISTAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPSACCOUNTABILITY

DATA

Adapted from UNDG Mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development –Reference Guide to UN Country Teams – February 2016

MAPSMainstreaming, Acceleration, Policy Support

Mainstreaming 2030 Agenda – Key StepsInitiate Now Initiate Over Time

Raising public awarenessMulti-stakeholder approachesStrengthening existing/creating new coordinationmechanismsAdapting SDGs to national, sub-national contexts

• Reviewing existing plans/ strategies• Identifying areas for change and criteria for

prioritizing, identifying synergies, linkages• Setting targets (national and sub-national)• Formulate/ revise plans

Ensuring policy coherence (horizontal/vertical)Budgeting

• Taking stock of financing mechanisms• Moving towards outcome-based

budgeting• Budget mainstreaming

Developing National Integrated FinancingFrameworks

Monitoring, reporting and accountability• Indicator development, data collection (baseline

incl. disaggregation)• Monitoring and reporting systems• Review processes and mechanisms

Source: Adapted from UNDG Mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda forSustainable Development – Reference Guide to UN Country Teams– February 2016

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Annual SectorAllocations

MonitoringMid-term Review of

NationalDevelopment

Strategy/ review ofSectoral Plans

Adjustment/ Revision

FinalEvaluation

prioritizationevaluation of trade offs/

synergies/ costing

annual budgetpriorities

evaluatingpolicy choices

review progressof expenditures

results

adjustmentsto sectoral

plans AnticipatoryGovernance

National DevelopmentStrategy/ Medium TermBudget or Expenditure

Framework

National DevelopmentStrategy/ Medium TermBudget or Expenditure

Framework

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Nationalbiodiversity

strategyNational

health policy

Nationalenergy

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mid-term national development plan/medium term fiscal framework

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Long-term national developmentframework

Vision

Annual plans and budgets Prioritiesfor year

Sectoralstrategies

Overalldevelopmentobjectives

Mongolia’slong term

sustainabledevelopment

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Regionalandlocal

develop-mentplans

Pakistan National SDG Framework- Engaging Three Levels of Government

Sector and Cross CuttingStrategies, Policies

(federal areas and subjects)

Sector and Cross CuttingStrategies, Policies

(federal areas and subjects)

Annual DevelopmentPlans (incl. PC-I)

Annual DevelopmentPlans (incl. PC-I)

Five YearDevelopment Plan

(incl. sectoral and cross-cutting priorities)

Five YearDevelopment Plan

(incl. sectoral and cross-cutting priorities)

Sector and Cross CuttingStrategies, Policies

(provincial areas and subjects)

Sector and Cross CuttingStrategies, Policies

(provincial areas and subjects)

Sector and Cross CuttingStrategies, Policies

(federal areas and subjects)

Sector and Cross CuttingStrategies, Policies

(federal areas and subjects)

Annual DevelopmentPlans (incl. PC-I)

Annual DevelopmentPlans (incl. PC-I)

Annual Development Plans(incl. PC-I)

Annual Development Plans(incl. PC-I)

Medium-termStrategy/SDG plan

Medium-termStrategy/SDG plan

Medium-term Strategy /SDG plan

Medium-term Strategy /SDG plan

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Engaging with Multiple StakeholdersEngaging with Multiple Stakeholders

Vision 2025Vision 2025 Growth StrategyGrowth Strategy

Reviewing national, sub-national strategies, plans and policies interms of consistency with 2030 Agenda Alignment - to what extent are existing strategies, plans already

aligned to SDGs? Ambition – do plans match the ambition of the SDGs? (leave no

one behind, zero poverty) Integration – identifying synergies and trade offs across sectors

and goals Implementation – matching ambitions with resources (financial,

human and institutional capacities)

Addressing gaps (through planning and implementation)

Multi-stage processincluding

Checking Alignment -Rapid Integrated Assessment - Bhutan

“Leaving no one behind” and “reaching the furthest behind first”– addressing inequality and targeting vulnerable groups

Commitment to ‘leave no one behind’ is central to Agenda 2030and SDGs: no goal is met unless it is met for everyone

Requires going ‘the last mile’, addressing economic, social, andpolitical factors of exclusion

Implies risk-informed planning, strengthening resilience Necessitates disaggregated data to support targeted policy

interventions

Cambodia example: In several areas plans cover the SDG targetbut do not fully capture the ambition of 2030 Agenda, in particularspecial needs of the poor and other vulnerable groups (e.g.,increasing access to public services for all and participation inpolitical and economic processes)

2030 Agenda Ambition

Importance of policycoherence

Requires breaking downsilos – multi-stakeholderpartnerships, whole ofgovernment approaches

Recognition of trade-offsand synergies

Dynamic, requiringconstant learning,feedback and adaptationof strategies

Interdependenceof goals and targets

Managing Trade-Offs and MaximizingSynergies

Source: Map the interactions between SustainableDevelopment Goals, Mans Nilsson, Dave Griggs and MartinVisbeck, Nature, Vol. 534, June 2016A draft framework for understanding SDG interactions, MansNilsson, Dave Griggs, Martin Visbeck and Claudia Ringler,ICSU June 2016

National Coordination(Planning Commission)

supported bySDG Units

National Coordination(Planning Commission)

supported bySDG Units

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Horizontal Policy Coherenceformal partnerships and coordination across sectorsincluding participation from civil society, private sector

CabinetCommittee

ProvincialCabinet

Committee

ParliamentarySecretariat on SDGs

NationalAssembly

and itscommittees

NationalAssembly

and itscommittees

ProvincialAssembly

and itscommittees

ProvincialAssembly

and itscommittees

Promoting Institutional Coordination & Oversight– Example from Pakistan

Matching ambitions with resources- Integrating 2030 Agenda into Budgets

Incentivizing Resource Allocation/ Fiscal Transfers Results and Programme Based Budgeting

omeans for organizing and reporting a government’s allocationof fiscal resources along lines of high-level goals

Budgeting for Outcomeso Takes focus on performance further by creating process for

defining outcomes that citizen’s want as first step in budgetingprocess

Participatory Budgetingo Involving citizens directly in budgeting process

Budget Thematic Mainstreamingo integration of specific issue areas into fiscal budgets (e.g.

climate change, gender, environment)

What does prioritization mean in the context of the2030 Agenda?

Indivisibility of the Agenda calls for an integratedapproach – yet implementing the 2030 Agendarequires some level of prioritization

Resources will need to be targeted towards‘accelerator interventions’ which can trigger progressacross multiple goals and targets across differentsectors

Meeting basic needs first – unfinished business of MDGs Low hanging fruit – prioritizing those goals that are easiest to

achieve (SDG capacities method) Specific substantive priorities – addressing poverty, inequality,

social exclusion… Interactions between substantive priorities/ accelerator

interventions: interventions that trigger progress across arange of goals/ targets

Availability of resources

Approaches or tools that can help facilitate identification ofpriorities- based on quantitative evidence and methods- based on political decisions/ discussions and consultations- approaches combining the two

Possible criteria for prioritization

More information:http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/meetTheSDGs.html